Re: Newbie's question about hard disk partition

[Lian Liming]

RRPotratz wrote:
This CAN be confusing.  Technically, the only partitions you NEED are 
/ and swap.  Even then you may not need swap if you've got a ton of 
RAM.  That being said, still make a swap partition.

When I try out a distro, I generally add a /home partition as well so 
that if I install another distro, or my current distro dies, at least 
my personal data files can be saved through a reinstall by not 
formating (initailizing) the /home partition during the reinstall.

Your idea of adding a /home partition seems reasonable.
I wonder if this is suitable to /var partition. I add a /var partition, 
when reinstall the system(the same distro), don't touch the /var partition.

Is the /var patition still avaible in the newly installed system? anyone 
tests on this?

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